1. Introduction to Probability and Statistics Eleventh Edition Robert J. Beaver • Barbara M. Beaver • William Mendenhall Presentation designed and written by: Barbara M. Beaver with minor change by Joon Jin Song
10. Basic Concept Population: the set of all measurements of interest to the investigator Sample: a subset of measurements selected from the population of interest
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14. How many variables have you measured? 14 Bus Jr F 2.6 5 15 Eng Fr M 2.7 4 17 Eng So M 2.9 3 15 Math So F 2.3 2 16 Psy Fr F 2.0 1 # of units Major Year Gender GPA Student
29. Interpreting Graphs: Shapes Mound shaped and symmetric (mirror images) Skewed right: a few unusually large measurements Skewed left: a few unusually small measurements Bimodal: two local peaks
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36. 4% 2/50 = .04 2 11 65 to < 73 14% 7/50 = .14 7 1111 11 57 to < 65 18% 9/50 = .18 9 1111 1111 49 to < 57 26% 13/50 = .26 13 1111 1111 111 41 to < 49 28% 14/50 = .28 14 1111 1111 1111 33 to < 41 10% 5/50 = .10 5 1111 25 to < 33 Percent Relative Frequency Frequency Tally Age
37. Shape? Outliers? What proportion of the tenured faculty are younger than 41? What is the probability that a randomly selected faculty member is 49 or older? Skewed right No. (14 + 5)/50 = 19/50 = .38 (8 + 7 + 2)/50 = 17/50 = .34 Describing the Distribution